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title: פֵּתַח — opening · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֵּתַח (6608), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: opening. BDB 1906: n.m. opening, unfolding. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֵּתַח

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«פֵּתַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **opening** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6608 · **BDB:** פֵּ֫תַח

### Glosses

the.opening (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

opening [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6608/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. opening, unfolding [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6608/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. opening, unfolding;—cstr. פ׳ דְּבָרֶיךָ יָאִיר ψ 119:130, so 𝔊 and most; \> Symm Jer Bae פֶּתַח (=thy words as a doorway).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֵּתַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6608/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.130/)

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פֵּ֖תַח דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ יָאִ֗יר מֵבִ֥ין פְּתָיִֽים׃

*Word for word:* the.opening your.words your it.gives.light \[it.is\].giving.understanding.to simple.people

*JPS 1917:* The opening of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

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